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I'm of the opinion that all of life on Earth evolved over a long period of time to match the more or less steady state environment. When you go and disturb tha
by codecamper 9y ago
I'm of the opinion that all of life on Earth evolved over a long period of time to match the more or less steady state environment.
When you go and disturb that steady state by say releasing a million years worth of carbon sequestration over a century, you destabilize the whole thing.
Like a top spinning it all of a sudden collapses. And then humans realize that we were really just along for the ride & do not have a chance to re-stabilize.
- andygates 9y agoI can smell the Gaia daisies in that opinion. But this is a big perturbation and it'll take a long time to settle back down again. Fine for life overall, but troublesome for hairless monkeys and their agricultural base.
- bigbugbag 9y agoare we talking about those daisies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisyworld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisyworld ? and this gaia: https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/mother_gaia_by_humon-mother-nature-human-comic-hugging.jpg https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/mother_gai... ?
- netzone 9y agoBut from that point of view - aren't you underestimating Earths ability to adapt? Or overestimating the power Humans have over Earth. What if Human technological advancement is Earths plan to regulate itself?